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Biomolecular Pathways Linking Preoperative Chronic Stress to Postoperative Cardiovascular Dysfunction in Noncardiac Surgery.

Key takeaways

This is a discussion paper arguing that long-term stress before surgery may raise the odds of heart trouble afterward. It walks through the body pathways that could explain it, including stress hormones and inflammation. The authors ran no study of their own, so there are no results here. It concerns non-heart surgery, not kidney disease.

Who did this work

Jancic P (The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Scranton, PA 18505, USA.) · Kovac I (Department of Anesthesiology, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60657, USA.) · Demirtas HE (The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Scranton, PA 18505, USA.) · Knezevic NN (Department of Anesthesiology, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60657, USA.) · Lubinsky GT (Department of Anesthesiology, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60657, USA.)

Source

Paper · Europe PMC, CKD mind-body · 2026-08-13
https://doi.org/10.3390/biom16081183